He is considered among the greatest figures of classical | The Byzantine general led a raid of 1,000 or 1,300 men in the vicinity of Manbij, and when Abu Firas set out with only seventy men to obstruct their plundering, he was captured |
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His near-contemporary, the eminent scholar and statesman , summed up the esteem in which Abu Firas was held already in the 10th century in a phrase that was frequently quoted by later authorities: "Poetry began with a king i |
Sources [ ]• 315, 317.
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119—120 | Brill |
Work and legacy [ ] Abu Firas enjoys a prominent position among the greats of classical.
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